The Atlanta Thrashers are on their first big road trip of the year, and it starts tonight at the Staples Center in Los Angeles as they face a Kings team that is on the rise. They'll stick around the SoCal area until Friday night when they face the Anaheim Ducks, who appear to be in some trouble early on. A quick turnaround will put them in San Jose the very next night, where they will undoubted...

Yes, it's another offseason for the Atlanta Thrashers in which serious questions need answering and important positions need filling. The 2009-2010 campaign ended in disappointment as the team, yet again, failed to qualify for the post-season. The franchise's best player to date, Ilya Kovalchuk, was traded. At season's end, the entire coaching staff was fired, and the formerly “associate&...